2015 Conference USA football season

2015 Conference USA football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport Football
Duration August 2015 – January 2016
Number of teams 13
TV partner(s) Fox Sports
CBS Sports Network
ESPN
2015 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
Charlotte   0 – 0         0 – 0  
FIU   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Florida Atlantic   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Marshall   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Middle Tennessee   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Old Dominion   0 – 0         0 – 0  
WKU   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Western Division
Louisiana Tech   0 – 0         0 – 0  
North Texas   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Rice   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Southern Miss   0 – 0         0 – 0  
UTEP   0 – 0         0 – 0  
UTSA   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Championship: December 5, 2015
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Conference USA football season will part of the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season and play from August 2015 through January 2016. The 2015 football season marks the 21st season of the Conference USA's existence and 20th of football competition; although C-USA was established in 1995, it did not begin football competition until 1996.

Previous season

Marshall won the conference championship for the first time in the conference, defeating Louisiana Tech 26–23.[1]

Membership

Charlotte, which is a football team, that is initially provisional FBS member in 2014 and will bring their football program to C-USA in 2015. The 49ers joined from the Atlantic 10 Conference. Bringing the conference to 14 members for the 2015 season. Than on December 2, 2014, UAB announced that the school will be cutting their football program after the 2014 season.[2] This effect brought the conference to 13 football playing schools with Charlotte just replacing UAB in the East Division.

East Division West Division
Charlotte Louisiana Tech
Florida Atlantic North Texas
FIU Rice
Marshall Southern Miss
Middle Tennessee UTEP
Old Dominion UTSA
Western Kentucky

References

  1. ↑ "Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs. Marshall Thundering Herd". ESPN. 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  2. ↑ "UAB shuts down its football program", USA Today, 2014-12-02, retrieved 2014-12-02